There will be numerous visitors to TTAS that purchased a newly constructed property direct from the developer, but how many of them would have been told “the truth about” how the development would be maintained by the developers sales people?

Today, we present our findings as to whether developers are continuing to ‘mis-sell’ property management, when prospective buyers contact them.

TTAS has seen an increase in messages from residents that have asked us about what can be done to escape from Peverel / OM Property Management related companies.

Only yesterday did we receive over ten messages from residents from all over the UK that asked us for advice and is the reason for today’s post.

The Guardian Newspaper have yet again ran a report that mentions OM Property Management / Peverel Property Management in today’s paper. They referred to last weeks coverage of overcharging and poor support by Britain’s biggest property management firm: Peverel Property Management. Sack your property manager for a new lease of life by Patrick Collinson Last week Guardian Money highlighted claims of overcharging and poor support by Britain’s biggest property management firm. But if you have been having similar problems, what can you do? The number [...]

The day is coming to an end and the ‘Admins’ at TheTruthAboutSolitaire have had the chance to reflect on today’s Guardian Newspaper report, that detailed many of the issues we are all upset about and featured TTAS contributor Frank Gadd, in addition to TTAS getting a detailed mentioned. If you haven’t had the chance to read the Guardian report, we’ve re-published it below:- 12 February 2011 by Patrick Collinson Peverel property management faces tenant rebellion over service Excessive fees and poor service are some of [...]

Good to see that today The Independent on Sunday have ran an article that publicises the fact that leaseholders are beginning to take on the managing agents. A supporter of TTAS was also featured in the, namely BlocNet and their details can be viewed within the TTAS Directory. If you haven’t had the chance to read the article, we’ve posted below a link to the original report on The Independent’s website. Leaseholders take on the managing agents Flat-owners have had enough of excessive service charges [...]

Increasing awareness of Leaseholders plight is essential in trying to force regulation of the PMC industry and when we were approached by the Daily Mail three weeks ago to tell our side of the story, we were more than happy to help. It’s been a hard secret to keep from visitors but we trust that today’s report in the ‘Money Mail’ section of the Daily Mail goes some way to promoting awareness. If you haven’t read the report, we’ve copied it for those of you that may [...]

What an eventful weekend it has been in regards to media coverage on Peverel related cases. On Saturday, the BBC Breakfast failed to ‘name and shame’ the management companies in question, however at least the ‘Independent on Sunday‘ (IoS) had the courage to do so. Some of you may not have read the IoS Report, so we have copied it from their website for you all to read:- Elderly lead fight against freehold fees Age UK says charge system is flawed by Government reject reform.  [...]

It’s come to our attention that yesterday Estates & Management Ltd (Reg No: 03244100) had their Companies House listing changed and there is a proposal to strike off the company (screenshot below taken this morning) We are also in receipt of the GAZ1 document entry that details that the Registrar of Companies gives notice of three months, that the company will be struck off and dissolved! (This document is freely available for you to purchase from Companies House) Click here for the GAZ1 Document It’s possible that [...]

Those of you that have requested the contact information for Peverel’s Client Accounts Team Leader and the Lost Schemes, should be aware that the ‘Clients Accounts Team Leader’ address has changed to being @consortpm.co.uk and not @peverel.co.uk. The name before the @ symbol remains the same and we apologise for any bounces you may have received. We believe that this address was changed following our publication on Tuesday. Insurance Requests Many of you provided us with details of your current Zurich Insurance Policies that Peverel [...]

In November 2009, following an investigation by Hampshire Fire & Rescue, we publicised the successful prosecution of Solitaire Property Management for failing to comply with fire safety law. For those that haven’t read about this, we have copied the information from Hampshire Fire & Rescue’s webite: 3 November 2009 Solitaire Property Management Limited has today been fined £1,500 plus costs of £2,000 after pleading guilty to two offences at Southampton Magistrates Court relating to charges of the company’s failure to comply with fire safety law. Solitaire [...]